Roscommon County Inmate Population Overview
The Roscommon County inmate population is centered on one local detention site, the Roscommon County Jail. The jail is operated by the Roscommon County Sheriff's Department and holds local pretrial detainees, people serving local jail sentences, warrant arrests, court holds, and other short-term custody cases. The county research did not locate a live official dashboard with a current head count, so the strongest local number is the 96-bed capacity listed in Roscommon County's CAD/RMS/JMS project Q&A. The strongest historical population source is the Vera Incarceration Trends county dataset, which reports a Roscommon County jail population of 80 in 2019.
A jail count changes when arrests come in, bond is set or changed, court orders are entered, sentenced prisoners transfer out, or another agency places or lifts a hold. The Roscommon County inmate population is also different from the state prison population. A newly arrested person belongs in the county jail and 82nd District Court path. A person who has been sentenced to state prison should be searched through Michigan Department of Corrections OTIS, not the county roster.
Roscommon County Inmate Population Statistics
Roscommon County has one detention facility in the Facility Map: Roscommon County Jail. The county technology Q&A gives the jail capacity as 96 beds. Vera's 2019 Roscommon row also lists a rated capacity of 96 and a total jail population of 80. Those figures are useful, but they are not the same as a current-day roster count. No official county source reviewed in the research file published a 2024 or 2025 average daily population, annual booking report, or current pretrial share.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Total jail population | 80 | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2019 Roscommon row |
| Rated / bed capacity | 96 beds | Roscommon County CAD/RMS/JMS Q&A and Vera, 2019 |
| Total pretrial custody | 41 | Vera, 2019 |
| Total sentenced custody | 39 | Vera, 2019 |
| Total jail admissions | 388.5 | Vera, 2019 estimate row value |
| Incarceration rate | 615.62 per 100,000 age 15-64 population | Vera, 2019 |
Roscommon County Inmate Population Trends
The Vera trend rows show a small rural jail population that moved between the low 60s and 80 in the decade before 2020, then dropped to 46.17 in the 2020 row. The research file does not tie that drop to a Roscommon County policy, court order, construction project, or reform event. It should therefore be described as a data trend, not as proof of a local cause. The county pages reviewed also did not show recent jail litigation, a consent decree, or a new-jail project.
| Year | Total Jail Population | Rated Capacity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 46.17 | Not listed in row | Vera row; no Roscommon-specific cause source located |
| 2019 | 80 | 96 | 41 pretrial and 39 sentenced custody |
| 2018 | 70 | 96 | Vera row |
| 2017 | 76 | 96 | Vera row |
| 2016 | 67 | 96 | Vera row |
| 2015 | 78 | 96 | 45 sentenced and 33 pretrial custody |
| 2010 | 69 | 96 | Earlier decade reference point |
Roscommon County Jail Population Makeup
Vera's 2019 demographic row gives a partial view of the Roscommon County inmate population. It reports 50 male jail population and 19 female jail population, while total jail population is 80. Because those fields do not add to the total, the figures should not be forced into percentages without checking the dataset method. The row also reports 63 white, 4 Black, 2 Latinx, 0 Native, and 0 AAPI jail population values. The same row lists 5 people held for federal authorities and 0 for ICE.
- Pretrial and sentenced custody - Vera reports 41 pretrial and 39 sentenced jail population values in 2019.
- Male and female fields - Vera reports 50 male and 19 female values, with a mismatch against the total count.
- Federal authority holds - Vera reports 5 held for BOP and 0 held for ICE in the inspected 2019 row.
- County context - U.S. Census QuickFacts lists Roscommon County's 2020 population as 23,459 across about 519.90 square miles.
Note: Dataset fields are useful for trends, but a current custody answer still comes from the jail roster or jail staff.
Roscommon County Jail Capacity Rules
The 96-bed capacity figure matters because Michigan law has a jail overcrowding framework. MCL 801.56 sets a county jail population reduction procedure after an overcrowding trigger. The research file did not locate a Roscommon County overcrowding order or current overcrowding notice, so the statute should be read as the state framework rather than as proof that the jail is over capacity. Michigan also gives MDOC authority to set jail and lockup standards through MCL 791.262.
Key public-record and jail rules:
MCL 15.231 states Michigan's FOIA policy favoring public access to government affairs and official acts, subject to the act's limits.
MCL 15.243 lists FOIA exemptions that can lead to withholding or redaction.
Michigan Administrative Rules for Jails and Lockups cover health screening, sanitation, force reporting, fire safety, staffing, and inmate rights.
Death in Custody Reporting Act data rules cover deaths during arrest, transport, jail custody, prison custody, or other state and local detention.
Roscommon County State Prison Search
No current Michigan Department of Corrections state prison was identified inside Roscommon County in the MDOC prison list. That does not mean Roscommon County defendants never enter state custody. A felony case may start in 82nd District Court, move to 34th Circuit Court when appropriate, and then lead to an MDOC sentence. After that transfer, the person is no longer part of the local jail roster in the same way. The correct search is MDOC OTIS, the statewide offender locator.
OTIS contains prisoners, parolees, probationers, escapees, absconders, and people recently discharged from MDOC supervision. The Michigan.gov OTIS overview says it does not include prisoners in county jails or city lockups and does not include people arrested and convicted but not yet sentenced. Roscommon County does have an MDOC parole/probation office listed at 500 Lake Street, but that office is not a jail or prison facility.
Search Roscommon County Inmates
The official inmate lookup path starts on the Roscommon County Sheriff page, which links to the Public Safety Cloud/JailTracker roster. The direct roster target is a dynamic app, and the research environment could not reliably open full public profiles. Still, the sheriff link establishes it as the local roster path for current Roscommon County jail custody. Use it before checking state or federal systems.
The search works best with a full name. If the online app fails, a name does not match, or a released booking is needed, the fallback chain is the jail phone, proof-of-incarceration at the jail visitation entrance with photo ID, and the county FOIA process. Sentenced prison cases move to MDOC OTIS. Federal sentenced cases move to BOP. Immigration custody uses ICE ODLS.
- Open the official JailTracker roster from the sheriff's inmate-search link or the direct Roscommon County JailTracker app.
- Search by last name, first name, or offender name when the app controls are available.
- Use current-only or released-since filters if the app displays them for the search.
- Open the matching profile and compare charges, holds, bond fields, court dates, and release fields with the court record.
- If no match appears, call the jail or check MDOC, BOP, ICE, and Michigan VINE based on the custody type.
Roscommon County Roster Fields
JailTracker is designed as a roster search tool, but the research file notes that Roscommon profile data could not be fully inspected in the static research browser. The safest wording is that the app assets indicate the fields below, not that every field appears on every public profile. If a field is missing from the public screen, a direct jail call or a records request may be needed.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Name | Text | Unspecified | Identified in app-asset notes. |
| Last Name | Text | Unspecified | Best first search field for most name searches. |
| Offender Name | Text | Unspecified | Exact matching and wildcard rules were not published by the county page. |
| Current Offenders Only | Filter | Unspecified | Current-only option indicated in app assets. |
| Released Since | Date/filter | Unspecified | Released-since value indicated in app assets. |
| Captcha | Verification | Likely for some searches | Captcha indicated in app assets. |
The county does not publish a refresh schedule or a released-inmate retention period. That is why Roscommon County inmate population searches should not stop with a single no-result screen.
Roscommon County Inmate Record Details
A Roscommon County inmate record is a jail custody record, not a full criminal-history report. Fields indicated by the roster app assets include booking number, offender image, charges, holds, cases, arresting agency, bond type, bond amount, final release date and time, warrant number, court date, arrest date, and case number. Court outcomes must be checked through the court record because a booking charge can be amended, dismissed, bound over, or resolved by plea or trial.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking Number | Jail booking identifier for the custody event, with exact Roscommon format not published. |
| Offender Image | Booking-photo field indicated by the app assets, though profile display was not fully verified. |
| Charges | Charge descriptions or statuses tied to the arrest, booking, or court case. |
| Holds | Other agency, court, warrant, probation, parole, federal, or similar custody interests if displayed. |
| Bond Type and Amount | Release condition data if set and published, subject to court or jail confirmation. |
| Court Date | Scheduled court event when available in the public roster record. |
Past Roscommon County Inmate Records
Released-inmate lookup is less certain than current custody lookup. The JailTracker app appears to include a released-since filter, but Roscommon County did not publish a retention period for released profiles. For older booking data, the county FOIA route is the documented fallback. Requests may be sent to the County FOIA Coordinator by mail or in person at 500 Lake Street, Roscommon, MI 48653, faxed to (989) 275-3161, or emailed to controller@roscommoncounty.net with FOIA or FOIA Request in the subject line.
County FOIA is for sheriff and jail records unless a court rule controls the record. Court case files use the court record process under MCR 8.119 and the court's Access To Court Records Request Form. A person looking for filed charges after a jail arrest should search court records as well as the jail roster because the prosecutor's filing may differ from the arrest charge.
County Jail vs State Prison
The most common search error is using the right name in the wrong system. Roscommon County Jail is the local pretrial and short-sentence facility. MDOC OTIS is the state locator for sentenced state prisoners and people under MDOC supervision. BOP and ICE systems are separate again. The county roster does not become a statewide prison database, and OTIS does not become a county jail roster.
| Custody Type | Who Runs It | Where to Search |
|---|---|---|
| Local pretrial or local jail sentence | Roscommon County Sheriff's Department | Roscommon County JailTracker roster or jail phone |
| Sentenced state prisoner, parolee, or probationer | Michigan Department of Corrections | MDOC OTIS |
| Federal sentenced inmate | Federal Bureau of Prisons | BOP Inmate Locator |
| Immigration detainee | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | ICE ODLS |
Roscommon County Federal Lookup
No Bureau of Prisons or ICE detention facility was identified in Roscommon County. Federal sentenced prisoners should be searched through the BOP Inmate Locator, which searches federal inmates from 1982 to present by number or by name. Immigration custody should be searched through ICE ODLS, which USAGov describes as searchable by A-number or by biographical details. Roscommon County is in the U.S. Marshals Eastern District of Michigan, so a federal pretrial matter may involve federal custody channels that do not read like a county jail sentence.
Michigan VINE is also available for custody status and notifications. It is useful when the need is release notice rather than a static roster printout. No official Roscommon County Sheriff jail app was confirmed in the research. Gerrish Township Police has a local police app, and Michigan Sheriff Connect exists as a statewide app, but neither was confirmed as the Roscommon County jail roster.
Roscommon County Detention Facility
The Facility Map resolves one current local detention page for this project. Roscommon County Jail is the local jail tied to the sheriff's office, the 82nd District Court arrest path, and the official JailTracker link. The official sheriff page identifies Edward Stern as Sheriff and Laurie Beck as Jail Administrator. State prison, federal prison, and ICE detention searches are handled through separate statewide or national locators because no such facility was identified inside Roscommon County.
- Roscommon County Jail - sheriff-operated county jail for local pretrial detainees, local sentenced jail inmates, warrants, court holds, and other local custody cases.
The official jail inmate information page adds practical custody details: no on-site visitation at this time, JailATM deposits online or at the lobby kiosk, no money by mail, and copied letters or pictures with originals placed in property.
Roscommon County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Roscommon County inmate population?
The research file did not locate a current official jail dashboard. The best historical population figure is Vera's 2019 Roscommon jail population of 80, and the best local capacity figure is the county Q&A number of 96 beds. A current custody count must be checked through the jail roster or jail staff.
How do I search the Roscommon County inmate population?
Start with the sheriff's official inmate-search link to the Public Safety Cloud/JailTracker roster. If the person is not listed, call Roscommon County Jail, use county FOIA for older jail records, and check MDOC OTIS, BOP, ICE, or Michigan VINE when the custody type points outside the local jail.
Do booking photos appear in Roscommon County inmate records?
The JailTracker app assets indicate an offender-image field, but the research environment did not verify how every Roscommon profile displays booking photos. Michigan authority cited in the research treats county jail booking photographs kept by a sheriff as public records, subject to FOIA limits.
What court handles a Roscommon County jail arrest?
The 82nd District Court page says all criminal cases prosecuted in Roscommon County are filed there. Misdemeanors proceed in District Court from arraignment through sentencing. Felony cases start there for arraignment and preliminary examination, then felony matters carrying more than a one-year sentence belong in 34th Circuit Court.
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